Opus Dei spokesman aims to address misconceptions surrounding apostolate
Jack Valero, Opus Dei’s spokesman in the United Kingdom for the past 25 years, has just published “El Opus Dei sin filtros. Por qué me hice de la Obra” (“Opus…
Pittsburgh diocesan consultant reports rising exorcism requests
A lay member of the Rome‑based International Association of Exorcists said he has seen what he considers a significant rise in requests for exorcisms over the past five to eight…
U.S. bishops urge Catholic voters to put faith before politics
Louisville, Kentucky, Archbishop Shelton Fabre says Catholics must form their consciences through Church teaching and place faith ahead of political identity in two videos released Oct. 1. Fabre reminded Catholics…
Archdiocese of Baltimore set to ordain highest number of seminarians in 50 years
The Archdiocese of Baltimore said it expects to ordain its largest single-year class in more than 50 years as the number of men in priestly formation continues to rise. The…
Catholic military archdiocese ‘appreciates’ Pentagon’s new religious affairs office
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said it “appreciates” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement of a new Pentagon office dedicated to supporting religious members of the military.…
This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October
Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October is for the mental health ministry. “Melancholy, bad character, confusion of senses — today, we understand that behind these old…
Pope prays the rosary with children: ‘50 million Hail Marys rising to heaven’
VATICAN CITY — More than 700 children from schools and parishes in Rome joined Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican Gardens on Thursday to pray the rosary for peace in…
Supreme Court to hear case on lawsuit that blocked Marian shrine plan in Kentucky
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a religious liberty case about a local zoning dispute that pitted two residents of a northern Kentucky city against a Catholic chapel…
Pope Leo XIV honors Harvard scientist whose pursuit of knowledge led her to faith
Pope Leo XIV presented the Pius XI Medal to Karin Öberg, a Harvard scientist specializing in astrochemistry, during a recent audience with members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The…
Pope warns of ‘uncontrolled consumption of resources,’ challenges to waste disposal
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday warned of the urgency of the current ecological crisis during an audience at the Vatican with a delegation from the Hera Group, an Italian conglomerate…
Synod proposes reforming canon law to give greater weight to laity, women in the Church
The General Secretariat of the Synod published on Wednesday the final report of the Canonical Commission, which explicitly endorses several proposals to amend the Code of Canon Law related to…
Wisconsin company to revise religious accommodations after LGBT pronoun dispute, government says
A major U.S. corporation will revise its religious accommodation policies after an intervention by the federal government in a dispute over transgender-related pronouns, the government said this week. Generac Power…